# VSCode / Open VSX Extension Metadata Scraper (`v0iddo/vscode-marketplace-extensions`) Actor Fetches extension metadata (downloads, version, publisher, repo, license, tags, timestamps) from the Open VSX registry — the open marketplace used by VSCodium, Gitpod, Theia, Cursor. Input a list of namespace/extension ids, get one structured row each. - **URL**: https://apify.com/v0iddo/vscode-marketplace-extensions.md - **Developed by:** [vøiddo](https://apify.com/v0iddo) (community) - **Categories:** Business, News - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $1.00 / 1,000 dataset items This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## VSCode / Open VSX Extension Metadata Scraper Pull rich metadata for any VSCode-compatible extension from the **Open VSX registry** — downloads, version, publisher, license, repository, tags, and timestamps. Feeds dev-tools market research, competitive dashboards, and editor-extension analytics. No API key required. Open VSX (`open-vsx.org`) is the vendor-neutral marketplace used by VSCodium, Gitpod, Theia, and Cursor. It exposes a clean public REST API with no authentication. --- ### How to use Send a JSON input with one field: ```json { "extension_id": [ "redhat/java", "ms-python/python", "dbaeumer/vscode-eslint", "esbenp/prettier-vscode", "eamodio/gitlens" ] } ```` Each entry must be in **`namespace/extension`** form (case-sensitive, usually lowercase). The actor fetches one row per id and writes results to the dataset. Unknown or unlisted ids are skipped with a warning. If `extension_id` is omitted the actor runs on three demo extensions (`redhat/java`, `ms-python/python`, `dbaeumer/vscode-eslint`). #### Input schema | Field | Type | Required | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `extension_id` | `string[]` | no | List of `namespace/extension` ids to fetch | *** ### Example output row ```json { "extension_id": "eamodio/gitlens", "namespace": "eamodio", "name": "gitlens", "version": "15.5.1", "display_name": "GitLens — Git supercharged", "description": "Supercharge Git within VS Code — Visualize code authorship at a glance via Git blame annotations...", "published_by": "eamodio", "download_count": 48210931, "average_rating": 4.2, "review_count": 1284, "published_at": "2024-11-20T15:32:10.123Z", "license": "MIT", "repository": "https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens", "homepage": "https://gitkraken.com/gitlens", "categories": ["SCM Providers", "Visualization", "Other"], "tags": ["git", "blame", "history", "diff", "github"] } ``` *** ### Pricing | Event | Price | |---|---| | **dataset-item** — per extension metadata row returned | **$0.001** | A run over 100 extensions costs $0.10. Only successfully fetched rows are charged; 404s and API errors are free. *** ### Buyer - **Extension market intelligence** — track download trends, rating trajectories, and version cadences across any extension portfolio. - **Dev-tools competitive research** — benchmark your extension or a competitor set against the full Open VSX catalog. - **IDE ecosystem analytics** — build dashboards covering VSCodium / Gitpod / Theia / Cursor adoption across publisher namespaces. - **Publisher audits** — enumerate all extensions under a given namespace and surface licensing, repository, and maintenance signals. - **No-auth, no-rate-limit headache** — Open VSX's public API requires no key; the actor handles pacing so you don't get throttled. *** ### Source Data is fetched from the **Open VSX REST API**: ``` GET https://open-vsx.org/api/{namespace}/{extension} ``` Documentation: [open-vsx.org/swagger-ui](https://open-vsx.org/swagger-ui) The Microsoft VSCode Marketplace (`marketplace.visualstudio.com`) exposes only a non-standard POST `extensionquery` endpoint; Open VSX is the cleaner public surface and covers all extensions published to the open registry. # Actor input Schema ## `extension_id` (type: `array`): Open VSX extension id in 'namespace/extension' form (e.g. redhat/java) ## Actor input object example ```json { "extension_id": [ "redhat/java", "ms-python/python", "dbaeumer/vscode-eslint" ] } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "extension_id": [ "redhat/java", "ms-python/python", "dbaeumer/vscode-eslint" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("v0iddo/vscode-marketplace-extensions").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "extension_id": [ "redhat/java", "ms-python/python", "dbaeumer/vscode-eslint", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("v0iddo/vscode-marketplace-extensions").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "extension_id": [ "redhat/java", "ms-python/python", "dbaeumer/vscode-eslint" ] }' | apify call v0iddo/vscode-marketplace-extensions --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=v0iddo/vscode-marketplace-extensions", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "VSCode / Open VSX Extension Metadata Scraper", "description": "Fetches extension metadata (downloads, version, publisher, repo, license, tags, timestamps) from the Open VSX registry — the open marketplace used by VSCodium, Gitpod, Theia, Cursor. Input a list of namespace/extension ids, get one structured row each.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "fxuJQcfcavZ1UsdQs" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/v0iddo~vscode-marketplace-extensions/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-v0iddo-vscode-marketplace-extensions", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/v0iddo~vscode-marketplace-extensions/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-v0iddo-vscode-marketplace-extensions", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/v0iddo~vscode-marketplace-extensions/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-v0iddo-vscode-marketplace-extensions", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "extension_id": { "title": "extension_id", "type": "array", "description": "Open VSX extension id in 'namespace/extension' form (e.g. redhat/java)", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```